An Italian poet
and political satirist; born in Monsummano,
May 1809; died in Florence, March 31, 1850.
and political satirist; born in Monsummano,
May 1809; died in Florence, March 31, 1850.
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"Rosmunda) and (Don Alvaro
de Luna' also stand at the head of the collec-
tion of plays that have won for him the pre-
miership of the modern Spanish drama.
Gilbert, John Thomas. An Irish historical
writer; born in Dublin, Ireland, 1829. He is
the editor of a series of important publications
entitled Historic Literature of Ireland. To
his enterprise and energy is largely due the
revival of interest in Celtic studies. His prin-
cipal published works include: "History of the
City of Dublin (1854-59); “History of Affairs
in Ireland, 1641-52) (1879-81); History of
the Irish Confederation and War in Ireland,
1641-49) (1882-90).
Gilbert, Josiah. An English artist and writer
on art; born at the Independent College,
Rotherham, Yorkshire, Oct. 7, 1814: He was
student at the Royal Academy, and practiced
as a portrait-painter for several years; but
since 1843 has been engaged in literary pur-
suits and art criticism. He is the author of:
(Art, its Scope and Purpose) (1858); "Cadore,
or Titian's Country) (1869); (Art and Religion)
(1871); was joint author of "The Dolomite
Mountains) (1864); and published Landscape
in Art before Claude and Salvator) (1885).
Gilbert, Nicolas Joseph Laurent (zhel-bãr).
A French poet; born in Fontenoy-le-Chateau,
Lorraine, in 1751; died insane at Paris, Nov. 16,
1780. He went to Paris in his teens to make
himself a poet. The “philosophers, who then
lorded it over all forms of literature at Paris,
conceived a violent hatred of his satirical
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productions, which handled their pet hob- | Defoe. He also wrote several plays. In 1699
bies without gloves. Farewells to Life, My he edited Lingbaine's Dramatic Poets.
Apology, and “The Author's Carnival, are
Giles, Chauncey. An American clergyman
among his best-known pieces.
and author ; born at Charlemont, Mass. , in 1813;
Gilbert, William. An English novelist and died in 1893. He entered the Swedenborgian
biographer; born 1804; died 1889. His earlier Church in 1853, and held pastorates in Cin-
literary activity resulted in various good realistic cinnati, New York, and Philadelphia. Among
fictions, conspicuously that revelation of Lon- his numerous works, many of which have been
don dark life, De Profundis) (1864), followed translated into French, German, and Italian,
by (The Goldsworthy Family) (1864), Clara are included : (The Magic Spectacles) (1868);
Levesque) (1872), and others; his most serious (The Gate of Pearl (1869); (The New Jeru-
achievement, however, being a gallant but not salem) (1874); (The Valley of Diamonds, and
apparently very successful effort at a rehabilita- Other Stories) (1881); Perfect Prayer) (1883).
tion of Lucrezia Borgia (1809).
Giles, Henry. An American Unitarian minis-
Gilbert, William Schwenck. An English ter; born in Crokford, County Wexford, Ire-
librettist and comic poet and prose-writer; land, Nov. 1, 1809; came to the United States
born in London, Nov. 18, 1836. He prepared in 1840; died near Boston, July 10, 1882. His
for the bar, and practiced successfully; but the published works are in part: Lectures and
fame of the (Bab Ballads, and of his librettos Essays) (2 vols. , 1845); (Christian Thought on
to the scores of Pinafore, Patience, (The Life' (1850); "Human Life in Shakespeare
Mikado,' and other comic operas, eclipsed (1868); and (Lectures and Essays on Irish and
his legal attainments,– which however are not Other Subjects) (1869).
inconsiderable, for he is now a magistrate with
Gilfillan, Robert. A Scotch poet; born in
a jurisdiction near London, and writes for law
Dumfermline, July 7, 1798; died at Leith, Dec.
journals more or less regularly. *
4, 1850. His verse is very popular wherever
Gilder, Richard Watson. An American hearts warm to the tartan”; and his (Ori-
poet; born in Bordentown, N. J. , Feb. 8, 1844. ginal Songs) (1831) ran through three editions,
Since 1881 he has been editor-in-chief of the the best pieces in the collection being (The
Century. His works include : (The New Day) Exile's Song, Peter McCraw,' and 'In the
(1875); (The Celestial Passion (1887); (Lyr- Days o' Langsyne.
ics); 'Two Worlds, and Other Poems) (1891);
Gille, Philippe (zhēl). A French drama-
(The Great Remembrance, and Other Poems)
tist and journalist; born in Paris, Dec. 18, 1834.
(1893); “Five Books of Song' (1894); etc. He was originally a sculptor, and his work
Gilder, William Henry. An American jour-
attracted attention; but he put it aside for
nalist, Arctic traveler, and author, brother of
dramatic composition and journalism, succeed-
Richard W. ; born in Pennsylvania, Aug. 16,
ing in both. He has been on the staff of the
1838. He served in the Civil War, and was
Petit Journal, Figaro, and Écho de Paris. As
a librettist he has written to the scores of
brevetted a major at its close. He accom-
panied Lieutenant Schwatka in 1878 on a
eminent composers. He has produced likewise
polar expedition, and in 1881 was a member
a variety of successful plays, of the kind adapted
of the Rodgers expedition as a correspondent of
to the somewhat peculiar exigencies of the
the New York Herald. His chief works are :
Parisian stage. "Gladiator's Thirty Millions,
"Schwatka's Search) (1881); Ice Pack and
Jean de Nevelle, and My Comrade,' show
Tundra' (1883).
him probably at his best; although several
other pieces, written in collaboration and inde-
Gildersleeve, Basil Lanneau. An Ameri. pendently, have had long runs.
can classical scholar; born in Charleston, S. C. ,
Gillette, William. An American actor and
Oct. 23, 1831. He graduated at Princeton in
playwright; born in Hartford, Conn. , July 24,
1843, and studied in Germany for several years.
1853. He is the author of several successful
He was professor of Greek and Latin at the
plays, in many of which he has assumed the
University of Virginia from 1856 to 1876, when
leading parts. Among his best-known produc-
he was appointed professor of Greek at Johns
tions are : (The Professor) (1881); 'Esmeralda
Flopkins University. He is the founder and
(1881), with Mrs. F. H. Burnett ; (The Private
editor of the American Journal of Philology.
Secretary) (adapted); Held by the Enemy)
Among his works are: “Satires of Persius
(1886); (A Legal Wreck) (1888); “Too Much
Flaccus) (1875); Justin Martyr) (1875); “Odes
Johnson' (1895); and (Secret Service) (1896).
of Pindar. He has published a Latin Gram-
mar and a volume of "Essays and Studies. )
Gilm zu Rosenegg, Hermann von (gilm
tsö rõz'en-eg"). A German lyric poet; born in
Gildon, Charles. A miscellaneous English Innsbruck, Nov. I, 1812; died at Linz, May 31,
writer; born in 1665 at Gillingham in Dorset- 1864. He studied jurisprudence at the univer-
shire; died in 1724. The following works are sity in Innsbruck, and then began a career in
ascribed to him: History of the Athenian the government service, rising to positions of
Society) (1691); (The Post-Boy Robbed of responsibility by years of valuable service. Of
his Mail); Miscellany, Poems upon Various liberal tendencies in religion and politics, and
Occasions) (1692); Life and Adventures of enthusiastic in the cause of the Tyrolese, he
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wrote (Sonnets from Tyrol and Songs of the
Natter Maids, which achieved quick success.
Other poems by him did much to maintain
among the Tyrolese the spirit that prompted
their upr for indeper nce in 1809.
Gilman, Arthur. An American educator
and author; born at Alton, Ill. , June 22, 1837.
He was engaged in the banking business in
New York from 1857 to 1862, when he removed
to Lenox, Mass. , and devoted himself to liter-
ary and educational work until 1871.
In 1876
he assisted in the organization of the Harvard
Annex, now known as Radcliffe College. Among
his works are: (First Steps in English Litera-
ture) (1870); (First Steps in General History)
(1874); History of the American People) (1883);
(Early American Explorers) (1885); “Coloniza-
tion of America' (1887).
Gilman, Caroline Howard. An American
author; born in Boston, Mass. , Oct. 8, 1794;
died in 1888. Her collected writings include:
(Recollections of a New England Housekeeper)
(1835); (Recollections of a Southern Matron)
(1836); Poetry of Traveling in the United
States) (1838); etc. The (Recollections) have
passed through many editions.
Gilman, Daniel Coit. An American edu-
cator; born at Norwich, Conn. , July 6, 1831.
He graduated from Yale in 1852. He was
superintendent of schools in Connecticut for
several years; professor of physical geography
at Yale, and college librarian, 1856-72; pres-
ident of the University of California, 1872-75;
and since 1875 president of Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Md. Besides numerous
reports and addresses on scientific and edu-
cational subjects, he wrote: (Our National
Schools of Science) (1867); James Monroe
in his Relations to the Public Service) (1883).
Gilmore,James Roberts. ["Edmund Kirke. " ]
An American miscellaneous prose-writer; born
in Boston, Mass. , Sept. 10, 1823. He was at
first in mercantile life, subsequently entering
journalism and literature. He wrote: (Among
the Pines); (My Southern Friends); Down
in Tennessee); Life of Garfield); Among
the Guerrillas); Adrift in Dixie); (On the
Border); "Patriot Boys); (The Rear-Guard of
the Revolution); John Sevier as a Common-
wealth Builder); (The Advance-Guard of
Western Civilization); etc.
Gindely, Anton (gin'del-ē). A Bohemian
historian; born in Prague in 1829; died Oct.
24, 1892. He was a graduate of the University
of Prague, and subsequently became a professor
of history there. His most important work
a History of the Thirty Years' War,'
projected on a vast scale, but only a condensed
4-vol. form completed, which has been trans-
lated into English. His (History of the Bo-
hemian Brethren) (1856-57) is also notable.
Ginsburg, Christian. An eminent Polish
Rabbinical writer; born in Warsaw, Poland,
in 1830, and received his education in the
Rabbinic college there. He was one of the
original members appointed by the English
Convocation for the revision of the English
version of the Old Testament Scriptures. He
is the author of a number of works of vast
erudition, among which are : 'A Historical and
Critical Commentary on the Song of Songs)
(1857); (The Kariates) (1862); (The Moabite
Stone (1871); (The Massorah) (1880-86).
Gioberti, Vincenzo (jö-ber'tē). An Italian
philosopher and statesman; born in Turin, in
April 1801 ; died in Paris, October 1852. In
1831 he became chaplain to King Charles
Albert; but being accused of favoring the Lib-
erals, he was imprisoned and exiled. He re-
moved to Brussels, where he wrote: The
Theory of the Supernatural (1838); "Introduc-
tion to the Study of Philosophy) (1839); "Civil
and Moral Supremacy of the Italians) (1843),
in which he advocated the restoration of the
unity of Italy; and (The Modern Jesuit (1847).
On his return to Turin in 1848 he was received
with enthusiasm, and subsequently became
prime minister.
Gioja, Melchiore (jo'ya). An eminent
Italian political economist; born at Piacenza,
Italy, in 1767; died at Milan in 1829. Impris-
oned by the Austrian government in his youth
on account of his republican tendencies, he
welcomed with enthusiasm the advent of Na-
poleon in Italy and the establishment of the
Cisalpine Republic, under which he received
the office of historiographer. Among his re-
markable works are: (The New Galateo)
(1802); (The French, Germans, and Russians
in Lombardy) (1805); New View of the Eco-
nomic Sciences) (1815-19); (The Philosophy
of Statistics) (1826).
Giordani, Pietro (jôr-dä'nē). An Italian
essayist, controversialist, and critic; born in
Piacenza, Jan. I, 1774; died at Parma, Sept. 14,
1848. His productions are mainly essays and
criticisms on art and literature, theses on æs-
thetics, pamphlets, panegyrics, and monographs,
all of a fugitive nature, which keep their place
in letters by their style. His Letters, (Select
Prose, and Orations and Eulogies,' show his
style at its best.
Giozza, Pier Giacinto (jôt’sä). An Italian
critic, poet, essayist, and student of Dante; born
April 24, 1846, in Turin, where he studied lit-
erature and philosophy in the university. At
the present time he is a professor in the Ly-
ceum at Alessandria. His writings are noted for
their poetic qualities and correct taste. Fan-
tasies and Scintillations, (Excelsior, (Sighs of
the Soul,! (God in Dante's Paradise, (Investi-
gation of Curious Facts concerning Dante's
Poetry,' and (The Legend of the Inferno,' are
among the best of recent Italian writings.
Giraldi, Giglio Gregorio (je-räl'dē). An
Italian poet and scholar; born in Ferrara, June
13, 1479 ; died there, February 1552. His most
valuable works, “Historia de Diis Gentium,' a
historical manual of classical mythology; De
Annis et Mensibus, a treatise on the calendar;
was
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"Historiæ Poetarum Græcorum ac Latinorum,' a
study in classical literary biography; and sev-
eral more, are still quoted as authoritative. He
helped greatly to spread the taste for knowl-
edge characteristic of the age, and his Latin
verses prove him a consummate poet.
Giraldi, Giovanni Battista. An Italian
dramatist, novelist, and poet; born in Ferrara,
November 1504; died there, Dec. 30, 1573. In
early life he was so brilliant in literature, med-
icine, and philosophy that he became Secre-
tary of State under two successive dukes of
Este; but a contest raised by an impostor who
claimed the authorship of one of his works
brought him into disfavor, and he lost his of-
fice (1560). Becoming a distinguished profes-
sor of literature, he ended as rhetorician at the
Academy of Pavia, where he was admitted
about 1570 under the name of Cinthio, Cintio,
or Cinzio, signing his works thus variously
from this date. Of his plays the best known
is "Orbecche, perhaps the most powerful tra-
gedy written since the classical period and till
Shakespeare. Shakespeare and Beaumont and
Fletcher, in fact, appear to have helped them.
selves to his productions to some extent in the
construction of their own.
Girardin, Émile de (zhē-rär-dan'). A French
journalistic agitator and political and economic
writer, illegitimate son of Count Alexander de
Girardin and Madame Dupuy ; born in Paris
(not in Switzerland), June 22, 1806 (or 1803? );
died there, April 27, 1881. His early years were
passed in poverty and neglect, but he contrived
to educate himself sufficiently to write at 19 a
sentimental novel, “Emile,' which met with pop-
ular favor. It was as a journalist that he first
made himself known among the French, he
being indeed the originator of the cheap popu-
lar press of Paris with its enormous circulations.
His first wife was Sophie Gay. He accumu.
lated a fortune, and led an anti-Prussian agi-
tation in the war of 1870. Political Studies,
(The Abolition of Authority through the Sim-
plification of Government,' and (The Periodical
Press in the Nineteenth Century,' are among
his more solid writings. He was the author of
a few clever comedies.
Girardin, Marie Alfred Jules de. A French
admired by Napoleon, who gave him an im-
portant theatrical post; but on Napoleon's
overthrow he entered mercantile life.
As a
playwright he makes Molière his model. (The
Embarrassed Governor, (The Prophesying
Fanatic,' and 'The Discontented Capricious
One,' are good examples of his talent as a
contriver of ludicrous situations, helped out by
witty dialogue.
Girndt, Otto (gērnt). A German dramatist,
humorist, and writer of fiction; born in Lands-
berg on the Warthe, Feb. 6, 1835. His profes-
sion was law; but the vogue of his comedy
(Y 1,' acted when he was 30, turned him toward
the stage, in which he has won great popular-
ity. Cæsar Borgia) and (Charlotte Corday,'
dramas, "Oriental Entanglements, a comedy
that won a prize, and Dankelman,' a tragedy,
merit special mention. His stories are grace-
ful and replete with incident, though they do
not rank high; the best of them, “The Rescue
of the King) and Jolly Company, are fair
specimens of a lively style.
Gisecke, Nikolaus Dietrich (ge'zek-ė). A
German poet; born in Csó, Hungary, of Ger-
man parents, April 2, 1724; died at Sonders.
hausen, Feb. 23, 1765. He settled early in
Hamburg, where he formed one of a little lit.
erary circle. He was a clergyman, and his ser-
mons contain elegant diction ; but his literary
position is due wholly to a volume of poems,
simple and unaffected in style, and voicing a
mild melancholy,
Giseke, Robert. A German dramatist, nov-
elist, and poet, great-grandson of Nikolaus;
born in Marienwerder, Jan. 15, 1827; died at
Leubus, Dec. 12, 1890. Early an accomplished
theologian and an authority on philosophy and
history, his prospects were destroyed by his
political utterances in 1848, and he was driven
to journalism for a livelihood.
After some
years he began to write novels, of which the
best is perhaps (Otto Ludwig Brook. But his
original and striking plays gave him his great-
est renown; notably (The Two Cagliostros,'
(Lucifer, or the Demagogues,' (The Elector
Maurice of Saxony,' and (A Burgomaster of
Berlin. '
Gissing, George. An English novelist ; born
in Wakefield, 1857. He has made a remarka.
ble study of the London masses, from the ranks
of skilled labor to the most noisome human
refuse of the slums, the result being half re-
pulsive and wholly powerful; particularly in
(The Nether World, New Grub Street,'
(Demos,' and 'Sleeping Fires. )
Giusti, Giuseppe (jös'tē).
An Italian poet
and political satirist; born in Monsummano,
May 1809; died in Florence, March 31, 1850.
His maiden masterpiece was the "Dies Iræ,
on the death of the Emperor Francis I. , - a
poem in which a mockery of woe blends tell-
ingly with sarcasm. He worked this vein the
next ten years, as (The Boot, (The Crowned,'
and (The Investiture of a Knight demonstrate.
lil , . . . 4. a
died at Paris, Oct. 26, 1888. He was attached to
the Lyceum of Versailles, and at Loches; con-
tributed stories to the European Review, the
Revue des Deux Mondes, Paris Illustré, and
other French periodicals. Among his works
are: Brave Men) (1874), crowned by the
Academy; Uncle Placide) (1878); (The Cap-
tain's Niece'; (Grandfather) (1880), crowned
by the Academy; (The Gaudry Family) (1884);
(The Second Violin) (1887); and translations.
Giraud, Count Giovanni (zhe-ro'). An Ital-
ian comedy-writer; born in Rome, Oct. 28, 1776;
died in Naples, Oct. 1, 1834. He was bred to the
profession of arms, but relieved the monotony
of the camp by writing comedies. They were
produced with immense success in Venice, and
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These and the satires written from 1847 to 1849,
as well as (The Papacy of Little Peter,' evince
genius. *
Gjellerup, Karl Adolf (gyāl'ér-öp). A Danish
novelist, dramatist, poet, and critic; born in
Roholte, Seeland, July 2, 1857. He prepared
for the ministry; but published a novel, (An
Idealist, under the pseudonym “Epigonos,
at 21. Rödtjörn, a book of poems, appeared
a few years later; followed by the novels
(Romulus, (The Pupil of the Germans,' and
several others. Brynhild' and (Saint Just
are tragedies ; (The Book of my Love) is an
assortment of erotic poems. As a critic his
work is discriminating and accurate ; but all
his productions show the influence of foreign
literatures.
Gjorgjic, Ignaz (jôr'jich). A Dalmatian poet
and scholar; born in Ragusa, Feb. 13, 1676;
died there, Jan. 21, 1737. He was abbot of the
Benedictine monastery on the island of Meleda,
but was exiled for his part in a political dis-
pute. The Pope interceded for him and had
him restored to his cloisters. Of his poems,
(The Sighs of the Penitent Magdalen) is the
most deserving of mention. Marunko i Pav-
ica) is the humorous story of two Venetian
youths, and (The Slav Psalter) is a hymnal.
Gladden, Washington. An American clergy.
man and author; born at Pittsgrove, Pa. , Feb.
11, 1836. He has held pastorates in Congrega.
tional churches in New York, Massachusetts,
and Ohio, and served on the editorial staff
of the Independent and Sunday Afternoon.
Among his numerous works are :Plain Thoughts
on the Art of Living) (1868); (From the Hub
to the Hudson (1869); (The Young Men and
the Church) (1885); (Cosmopolis City Club. '
Gladstone, William Ewart. A great Eng-
lish statesman and writer on theological and
philological subjects, essayist, and translator
from the classics; born in Liverpool, Dec. 29,
1809. His place in literature has been made
enduring by Juventus Mundi, (Studies in
Homer and the Homeric Age, and a large
number of essays, rich in thought and clear
and weighty in style. His works include:
(Church and State); (Homeric Synchronism);
'Gleanings of Past Years); a version of
Horace ; etc.
Glaisher, James. An English astronomer;
born in London, England, April 7, 1809. From
1836 until his retirement in 1874 he was con-
nected with the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
He is the author of more than a hundred books
and papers relating to astronomy, meteorology,
and the theory of numbers. Between 1863 and
1866 he made twenty-nine balloon ascents for
scientific purposes, in one of which he attained
the greatest height till then reached (seven
miles). The results of his observations are
published in the popular (Travels in the Air)
(1870). He translated and edited (The Atmo-
sphere) by Flammarion, and (The World of
Comets) by Guillemin.
Glapthorne, Henry. An English dramatist
who is krown to have fourished about 1639.
He wrote many plays, five of which have been
printed : Albertus Wallenstein); (The Hol-
lander); (Argalus and Parthenia); (Wit in a
Constable); 'The Lady's Privilege); etc.
Glascock, William Nugent. A Scottish au-
thor; born 1787; died Oct. 8, 1847, at Baltin-
glass. He was captain in the navy; entering
service January 1800, and retiring in 1847. His
literary works include: The Naval Sketch
Book) (2 vols. , 1826); (Sailors and Saints; or,
Matrimonial Manoeuvres) (3 vols. , 1829); "Tales
of a Tar: With Characteristic Anecdotes)
(1836 ); "Land Sharks and Sea Gulls) (3 vols. ,
1838); Naval Service; or, Officers' Manual) (2
vols. , 1836), which has had a great sale and
been translated for all the Continental services.
Glaser, Adolf (glā'zėr). A German novel-
ist, poet, dramatist, and translator; born in
Wiesbaden, Dec. 15, 1829. He won success in
journalism; and published poems under the
pseudonym “Reinald Reimar, as well as two
or three plays. His first novel, written in 1857,
was “The Schaller Family, followed by many
popular works of fiction. (What Is Truth? )
(A Magdalen without a Halo, (Savonarola,
(Cordula,' are absorbing tales, in which im.
agination, humor, and ingenuity of plot are
predominating qualities. "Galileo Galilei, a
tragedy, and a series of translations from Dutch
authors, must be included.
Glassbrenner, Adolf (gläs'brān-er). A Ger-
man humorist; born in Berlin, March 27, 1810;
died there, Sept. 25, 1876. He was editing the
satiric paper Don Quixote when it was sup-
pressed in 1833, and then turned to comic
sketch-writing (Berlin as it Is and — Drinks,'
with Lively Berlin,' published under the pseu-
donym "Adolf Brennglas," quickly brought him
into popularity, which Life and Conduct in
the Exclusive World) and Berlin Folk Life)
increased; while (The New Reineke Füchs)
and (Forbidden Songs) displayed his versatil-
ity. He produced stories for children, and
comedies of exquisite drollery. He was a leader
in the popular agitation of 1848.
Glazier, Willard. An American author;
born in Fowler, N. Y. , Aug. 22, 1841. His
works include: 'Capture, Prison Pen, and Es-
cape) (1865), which was very popular; (Three
Years in the Federal Cavalry) (1870); (Battles
for the Union); Heroes of Three Wars);
(Peculiarities of American Cities); and Down
the Great River. '
Gleig, George Robert. A British historian
and miscellaneous prose-writer; born in Stir-
ling, Scotland, April 20, 1796 ; died near Winch-
field, England, July 9, 1888. He was a soldier
under Wellington in Spain, and commanded a
regiment in the American war of 1812, being
wounded during the sack of Washington. He
wrote “The Subaltern) (1825), an admirable
account of a soldier's life in war, used by Par-
ton in his life of Jackson; Campaigns of the
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;
British Army at Washington and New Orleans)
(new ed. 1861); 'Lives of Eminent British Com-
manders) (1831); and many others.
Gleim, Johann Wilhelm Ludwig (glim). A
German poet and patron of literature; born
in Ermsleben, Halberstadt, April 2, 1719; died
Feb. 18, 1803. He attained an immense pres-
tige and popularity among his countrymen as
a sort of Mæcenas. His passion for letters in-
duced him to resign profitable government posts
while still young. (An Essay in Sportive
Rhyme,' an early work, shows French influence.
The Seven Years' War afforded him themes
for his best work: (Songs of a Prussian Grena-
dier) are patriotic outbursts. (Petrarcan Songs,'
Horatian Odes,' (Songs in Imitation of Anac-
reon, and Epigrammatic Verse,' are pleas-
ing, but less interesting. His fables and tales
became extremely popular.
Glen, William. A Scottish song-writer;
born in Glasgow, Nov. 14, 1789; died there,
December 1826. He was trained to mercan-
tile business, but preferred conviviality and
the Muse. His fame rests upon his Poems,
Chiefly Lyrical) (1815): “Wae's me for Prince
Charlie," a Jacobite song, is widely known.
Glinka, Avdotia Pavlovna (glink'kä): A
Russian writer of stories and devotional works,
wife of Fedor; born in Koutousof in 1795;
died in 1863. She translated Schiller's (Song
of the Bell,' and wrote many popular books
of devotion.
Glinka, Fedor Nicolaievich. A Russian poet,
historian, and essayist; born in Smolensk in
1788; died at Tver, March 6, 1880. He dis-
tinguished himself in the campaign of Auster-
litz at 18, but upon falling into disfavor at
court gave up an army career for literature.
"Letters of a Russian Officer on the Cam-
paigns of 1805-6 and 1812-15, Presents to
Russian Soldiers,' and (The Liberation of Lit-
tle Russia, are the best known of his books.
He also translated the Psalms and the Book
of Job into verse.
Glinka, Gregory Andréevich. A Russian
historian, dramatist, and poet, cousin of Fedor
N. ; born near Smolensk in 1774; died at Mos-
cow in 1818. He was in boyhood a page at
the imperial court. He entered upon a distin-
guished career as an educator, and accompanied
Alexander I. 's brothers on their Continental
tour in 1811. His works include : (The Ancient
Religion of the Slavs); “Miscellanies in Prose
and Verse); and a play, (The Daughters of
Love.
Glinka, Sergius Nicolaievich. A Russian
poet and writer of juvenile literature; brother
of Fedor; born in Smolensk in 1774 or 1771;
died at Moscow in 1847. He entered the mili-
tary service and rose to the rank of major,
when he retired. His literary work was de-
voted mainly to the young and their training.
Readings for Children,' (History of Russia
for the Use of Boys and Girls,' and similar
books, are highly esteemed. He also com-
posed a few plays in verse, edited the Rus-
sian Messenger, and translated Young's Night
Thoughts.
Glover, Richard. An English epic poet and
dramatist; born in London, 1712; died there,
Nov. 25, 1785. He abandoned trade for poetry,
and made himself famous with Leonidas)
(1737), a heroic poem, fiery but rather exag-
gerated in rhetoric. (The Athenaid) (1787) is
a continuation of it. (London) (1739), a poem
of commerce, and Boadicea' (1735), a tragedy,
are among his works.
Glümer, Claire von (glüm'er). A German
novelist and translator; born in Blankenburg-
am-Harz, Oct. 18, 1825. Her youth was spent
in France, but she has lived in Germany since
1848. She first attracted attention by the great
merit of her translations from English and
French authors,-Swift, Daudet, George Sand,
and others. A volume of "Sketches of the Pyr-
enees,' and studies in fiction,--Frau Domina)
and (Young Hearts) among them,- prove her
a capable writer and an attentive observer of
life.
Glum Eyjolfsson (glöm i''yolf'son). An Ice-
landic bard; born about 940; died about 1003.
His youth was spent in Norway. He is spe-
cially famed for the brave fight he waged in
the southwestern part of his native island, the
particulars of which he recounted in a poem or
saga, orally transmitted to posterity until it was
put in writing in the thirteenth century. Shortly
before his death he became a Christian. His
legend is variously known as the "Viga-Glums-
saga, the "Glumssaga,' etc.
Gnedich, Nicolai Ivanovich (gnā'dich). A
Russian poet; born in Pultowa, Feb. 2, 1784;
died in St. Petersburg, Feb. 15, 1833. He stud-
ied classical philology, and made himself the
most accomplished Russian scholar of his day.
A translation of Schiller's (Conspiracy of
Fiesco) was an early effort; but his master-
piece is the translation of the Iliad into Rus-
sian (1829), not unworthy of the original, at
which he worked for twenty years. A trans-
lation of Shakespeare's King Lear,' of Vol.
taire's (Tancrede,' and of notable modern Greek
poems, occupied his later years.
His own
poem, (The Fishers,' is much admired.
Gneist, Rudolph (nist). A German jurist,
politician, and historical writer; born in Berlin,
Aug. 13, 1816. He is a National Liberal, and
has been in the Prussian Parliament since 1858.
William I. made him instructor in political
science to Prince William (now William II. ).
Among his numerous works are: Nobility
and Knighthood in England (1853); (The
English Constitutional and Administrative Law
of the Present Day) (1857-63); (Self-Govern-
ment in England (1863); "History of the Eng.
lish Parliament) (1886); (The Imperial Law
against the Machinations of the Socialists.
Gobineau, Joseph Arthur, Comte de. A
French diplomatist, ethnologist, and romance-
writer; born at Bordeaux in 1816; died at Paris,
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(
October 1882. During a long diplomatic career
he held important positions at Athens, Copen-
hagen, and Rio Janeiro; was a member of the
embassy to Persia, 1855; Imperial Commis-
sary to the United, States 1861. During his
long stay in the East he studied Oriental
religions, and brought out his famous work
(Religions and Philosophies in Central Asia)
(1865), a vivid and unprejudiced treatise.
Among his other notable publications are :
(On the Inequality of Human Races) (1853–
55), which has been the point of departure
for a new ethnological school; Ilistory of
the Persians) (1869). In fiction he has pro-
duced : (Typhaine Abbey) (1867), a romance;
(Souvenirs of Travels) (1872), stories; 'Asiatic
Tales) (1876), a masterpiece of pure literature
and imaginative realization of character-trans-
lated into English as (Romances of the East);
(Amadis,' a poem in three books (unfinished),
published posthumously in 1887.
Göckingk, Leopold Friedrich Günther von
(gėk'ingk). ' A German poet; born in Grön-
ingen, Halberstadt, July 13, 1748; died at
Wartenburg, Silesia, Feb. 18, 1828. His prime
was passed in official employment, and in
1789 he was ennobled. He retired some years
later, and devoted himself seriously to litera-
ture. His principal works are: (Epigrams)
(1772), some of which are admirable; (Songs
of Two Lovers) (1777), greatly admired by his
contemporaries, who read between the lines
the story of the writer's life; three volumes
of Poems) (1779); (Charades and Riddles)
(1817); “Life and Literary Remains of Nicolai)
(1800).
Godefroy, Frédéric (god-frwä'). A French
lexicographer and historian of literature; born
in Paris, Feb. 13, 1826. His life has been given
up to literary studies; the results of which,
the celebrated Comparative Lexicon of the
Language of Corneille and of the Seventeenth
Century in General, and (History of French
Literature from the Sixteenth Century to Our
Own Day,' have given him an international
reputation. His monumental effort, however, is
the voluminous Dictionary of the Old French
Language and of All its Dialects from the
Ninth to the Fifteenth Century. The 8th vol.
published 1895.
Godet, Philippe Ernest (go-dā'). A Swiss
poet and historian of literature; born in Neu-
châtel, April 23, 1850. He was bred to the
law, but abandoned it for journalism. He be-
came instructor in literature in the Academy
at Neuchâtel. As a poet he pleases, without
stirring any profound depths, in such volumes
as (A Handful of Rhymes, (First Poems, and
(Realities. In prose he wrote: (The Literary
History of French Switzerland, his greatest
work, which won the French Academy's Guérin
prize; (Studies and Talks); and a biography
of Pierre Viret.
Godfrey, Thomas. An American poet; born
in Philadelphia, Dec. 4, 1736; died near Wil-
mington, N. C. , Aug. 3, 1763. He wrote in 1759
(The Prince of Parthia, a tragedy, believed
to be the first dramatic work written in this
country. In 1763 he published (The Court of
Fancy: A Poem. His poems were collected
in 1767 by his friend Nathaniel Evans.
Godkin, Edwin Lawrence. An American
journalist and essayist; born in Moyne, Ireland,
Oct. 2, 1831.
de Luna' also stand at the head of the collec-
tion of plays that have won for him the pre-
miership of the modern Spanish drama.
Gilbert, John Thomas. An Irish historical
writer; born in Dublin, Ireland, 1829. He is
the editor of a series of important publications
entitled Historic Literature of Ireland. To
his enterprise and energy is largely due the
revival of interest in Celtic studies. His prin-
cipal published works include: "History of the
City of Dublin (1854-59); “History of Affairs
in Ireland, 1641-52) (1879-81); History of
the Irish Confederation and War in Ireland,
1641-49) (1882-90).
Gilbert, Josiah. An English artist and writer
on art; born at the Independent College,
Rotherham, Yorkshire, Oct. 7, 1814: He was
student at the Royal Academy, and practiced
as a portrait-painter for several years; but
since 1843 has been engaged in literary pur-
suits and art criticism. He is the author of:
(Art, its Scope and Purpose) (1858); "Cadore,
or Titian's Country) (1869); (Art and Religion)
(1871); was joint author of "The Dolomite
Mountains) (1864); and published Landscape
in Art before Claude and Salvator) (1885).
Gilbert, Nicolas Joseph Laurent (zhel-bãr).
A French poet; born in Fontenoy-le-Chateau,
Lorraine, in 1751; died insane at Paris, Nov. 16,
1780. He went to Paris in his teens to make
himself a poet. The “philosophers, who then
lorded it over all forms of literature at Paris,
conceived a violent hatred of his satirical
(
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:
productions, which handled their pet hob- | Defoe. He also wrote several plays. In 1699
bies without gloves. Farewells to Life, My he edited Lingbaine's Dramatic Poets.
Apology, and “The Author's Carnival, are
Giles, Chauncey. An American clergyman
among his best-known pieces.
and author ; born at Charlemont, Mass. , in 1813;
Gilbert, William. An English novelist and died in 1893. He entered the Swedenborgian
biographer; born 1804; died 1889. His earlier Church in 1853, and held pastorates in Cin-
literary activity resulted in various good realistic cinnati, New York, and Philadelphia. Among
fictions, conspicuously that revelation of Lon- his numerous works, many of which have been
don dark life, De Profundis) (1864), followed translated into French, German, and Italian,
by (The Goldsworthy Family) (1864), Clara are included : (The Magic Spectacles) (1868);
Levesque) (1872), and others; his most serious (The Gate of Pearl (1869); (The New Jeru-
achievement, however, being a gallant but not salem) (1874); (The Valley of Diamonds, and
apparently very successful effort at a rehabilita- Other Stories) (1881); Perfect Prayer) (1883).
tion of Lucrezia Borgia (1809).
Giles, Henry. An American Unitarian minis-
Gilbert, William Schwenck. An English ter; born in Crokford, County Wexford, Ire-
librettist and comic poet and prose-writer; land, Nov. 1, 1809; came to the United States
born in London, Nov. 18, 1836. He prepared in 1840; died near Boston, July 10, 1882. His
for the bar, and practiced successfully; but the published works are in part: Lectures and
fame of the (Bab Ballads, and of his librettos Essays) (2 vols. , 1845); (Christian Thought on
to the scores of Pinafore, Patience, (The Life' (1850); "Human Life in Shakespeare
Mikado,' and other comic operas, eclipsed (1868); and (Lectures and Essays on Irish and
his legal attainments,– which however are not Other Subjects) (1869).
inconsiderable, for he is now a magistrate with
Gilfillan, Robert. A Scotch poet; born in
a jurisdiction near London, and writes for law
Dumfermline, July 7, 1798; died at Leith, Dec.
journals more or less regularly. *
4, 1850. His verse is very popular wherever
Gilder, Richard Watson. An American hearts warm to the tartan”; and his (Ori-
poet; born in Bordentown, N. J. , Feb. 8, 1844. ginal Songs) (1831) ran through three editions,
Since 1881 he has been editor-in-chief of the the best pieces in the collection being (The
Century. His works include : (The New Day) Exile's Song, Peter McCraw,' and 'In the
(1875); (The Celestial Passion (1887); (Lyr- Days o' Langsyne.
ics); 'Two Worlds, and Other Poems) (1891);
Gille, Philippe (zhēl). A French drama-
(The Great Remembrance, and Other Poems)
tist and journalist; born in Paris, Dec. 18, 1834.
(1893); “Five Books of Song' (1894); etc. He was originally a sculptor, and his work
Gilder, William Henry. An American jour-
attracted attention; but he put it aside for
nalist, Arctic traveler, and author, brother of
dramatic composition and journalism, succeed-
Richard W. ; born in Pennsylvania, Aug. 16,
ing in both. He has been on the staff of the
1838. He served in the Civil War, and was
Petit Journal, Figaro, and Écho de Paris. As
a librettist he has written to the scores of
brevetted a major at its close. He accom-
panied Lieutenant Schwatka in 1878 on a
eminent composers. He has produced likewise
polar expedition, and in 1881 was a member
a variety of successful plays, of the kind adapted
of the Rodgers expedition as a correspondent of
to the somewhat peculiar exigencies of the
the New York Herald. His chief works are :
Parisian stage. "Gladiator's Thirty Millions,
"Schwatka's Search) (1881); Ice Pack and
Jean de Nevelle, and My Comrade,' show
Tundra' (1883).
him probably at his best; although several
other pieces, written in collaboration and inde-
Gildersleeve, Basil Lanneau. An Ameri. pendently, have had long runs.
can classical scholar; born in Charleston, S. C. ,
Gillette, William. An American actor and
Oct. 23, 1831. He graduated at Princeton in
playwright; born in Hartford, Conn. , July 24,
1843, and studied in Germany for several years.
1853. He is the author of several successful
He was professor of Greek and Latin at the
plays, in many of which he has assumed the
University of Virginia from 1856 to 1876, when
leading parts. Among his best-known produc-
he was appointed professor of Greek at Johns
tions are : (The Professor) (1881); 'Esmeralda
Flopkins University. He is the founder and
(1881), with Mrs. F. H. Burnett ; (The Private
editor of the American Journal of Philology.
Secretary) (adapted); Held by the Enemy)
Among his works are: “Satires of Persius
(1886); (A Legal Wreck) (1888); “Too Much
Flaccus) (1875); Justin Martyr) (1875); “Odes
Johnson' (1895); and (Secret Service) (1896).
of Pindar. He has published a Latin Gram-
mar and a volume of "Essays and Studies. )
Gilm zu Rosenegg, Hermann von (gilm
tsö rõz'en-eg"). A German lyric poet; born in
Gildon, Charles. A miscellaneous English Innsbruck, Nov. I, 1812; died at Linz, May 31,
writer; born in 1665 at Gillingham in Dorset- 1864. He studied jurisprudence at the univer-
shire; died in 1724. The following works are sity in Innsbruck, and then began a career in
ascribed to him: History of the Athenian the government service, rising to positions of
Society) (1691); (The Post-Boy Robbed of responsibility by years of valuable service. Of
his Mail); Miscellany, Poems upon Various liberal tendencies in religion and politics, and
Occasions) (1692); Life and Adventures of enthusiastic in the cause of the Tyrolese, he
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wrote (Sonnets from Tyrol and Songs of the
Natter Maids, which achieved quick success.
Other poems by him did much to maintain
among the Tyrolese the spirit that prompted
their upr for indeper nce in 1809.
Gilman, Arthur. An American educator
and author; born at Alton, Ill. , June 22, 1837.
He was engaged in the banking business in
New York from 1857 to 1862, when he removed
to Lenox, Mass. , and devoted himself to liter-
ary and educational work until 1871.
In 1876
he assisted in the organization of the Harvard
Annex, now known as Radcliffe College. Among
his works are: (First Steps in English Litera-
ture) (1870); (First Steps in General History)
(1874); History of the American People) (1883);
(Early American Explorers) (1885); “Coloniza-
tion of America' (1887).
Gilman, Caroline Howard. An American
author; born in Boston, Mass. , Oct. 8, 1794;
died in 1888. Her collected writings include:
(Recollections of a New England Housekeeper)
(1835); (Recollections of a Southern Matron)
(1836); Poetry of Traveling in the United
States) (1838); etc. The (Recollections) have
passed through many editions.
Gilman, Daniel Coit. An American edu-
cator; born at Norwich, Conn. , July 6, 1831.
He graduated from Yale in 1852. He was
superintendent of schools in Connecticut for
several years; professor of physical geography
at Yale, and college librarian, 1856-72; pres-
ident of the University of California, 1872-75;
and since 1875 president of Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Md. Besides numerous
reports and addresses on scientific and edu-
cational subjects, he wrote: (Our National
Schools of Science) (1867); James Monroe
in his Relations to the Public Service) (1883).
Gilmore,James Roberts. ["Edmund Kirke. " ]
An American miscellaneous prose-writer; born
in Boston, Mass. , Sept. 10, 1823. He was at
first in mercantile life, subsequently entering
journalism and literature. He wrote: (Among
the Pines); (My Southern Friends); Down
in Tennessee); Life of Garfield); Among
the Guerrillas); Adrift in Dixie); (On the
Border); "Patriot Boys); (The Rear-Guard of
the Revolution); John Sevier as a Common-
wealth Builder); (The Advance-Guard of
Western Civilization); etc.
Gindely, Anton (gin'del-ē). A Bohemian
historian; born in Prague in 1829; died Oct.
24, 1892. He was a graduate of the University
of Prague, and subsequently became a professor
of history there. His most important work
a History of the Thirty Years' War,'
projected on a vast scale, but only a condensed
4-vol. form completed, which has been trans-
lated into English. His (History of the Bo-
hemian Brethren) (1856-57) is also notable.
Ginsburg, Christian. An eminent Polish
Rabbinical writer; born in Warsaw, Poland,
in 1830, and received his education in the
Rabbinic college there. He was one of the
original members appointed by the English
Convocation for the revision of the English
version of the Old Testament Scriptures. He
is the author of a number of works of vast
erudition, among which are : 'A Historical and
Critical Commentary on the Song of Songs)
(1857); (The Kariates) (1862); (The Moabite
Stone (1871); (The Massorah) (1880-86).
Gioberti, Vincenzo (jö-ber'tē). An Italian
philosopher and statesman; born in Turin, in
April 1801 ; died in Paris, October 1852. In
1831 he became chaplain to King Charles
Albert; but being accused of favoring the Lib-
erals, he was imprisoned and exiled. He re-
moved to Brussels, where he wrote: The
Theory of the Supernatural (1838); "Introduc-
tion to the Study of Philosophy) (1839); "Civil
and Moral Supremacy of the Italians) (1843),
in which he advocated the restoration of the
unity of Italy; and (The Modern Jesuit (1847).
On his return to Turin in 1848 he was received
with enthusiasm, and subsequently became
prime minister.
Gioja, Melchiore (jo'ya). An eminent
Italian political economist; born at Piacenza,
Italy, in 1767; died at Milan in 1829. Impris-
oned by the Austrian government in his youth
on account of his republican tendencies, he
welcomed with enthusiasm the advent of Na-
poleon in Italy and the establishment of the
Cisalpine Republic, under which he received
the office of historiographer. Among his re-
markable works are: (The New Galateo)
(1802); (The French, Germans, and Russians
in Lombardy) (1805); New View of the Eco-
nomic Sciences) (1815-19); (The Philosophy
of Statistics) (1826).
Giordani, Pietro (jôr-dä'nē). An Italian
essayist, controversialist, and critic; born in
Piacenza, Jan. I, 1774; died at Parma, Sept. 14,
1848. His productions are mainly essays and
criticisms on art and literature, theses on æs-
thetics, pamphlets, panegyrics, and monographs,
all of a fugitive nature, which keep their place
in letters by their style. His Letters, (Select
Prose, and Orations and Eulogies,' show his
style at its best.
Giozza, Pier Giacinto (jôt’sä). An Italian
critic, poet, essayist, and student of Dante; born
April 24, 1846, in Turin, where he studied lit-
erature and philosophy in the university. At
the present time he is a professor in the Ly-
ceum at Alessandria. His writings are noted for
their poetic qualities and correct taste. Fan-
tasies and Scintillations, (Excelsior, (Sighs of
the Soul,! (God in Dante's Paradise, (Investi-
gation of Curious Facts concerning Dante's
Poetry,' and (The Legend of the Inferno,' are
among the best of recent Italian writings.
Giraldi, Giglio Gregorio (je-räl'dē). An
Italian poet and scholar; born in Ferrara, June
13, 1479 ; died there, February 1552. His most
valuable works, “Historia de Diis Gentium,' a
historical manual of classical mythology; De
Annis et Mensibus, a treatise on the calendar;
was
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"Historiæ Poetarum Græcorum ac Latinorum,' a
study in classical literary biography; and sev-
eral more, are still quoted as authoritative. He
helped greatly to spread the taste for knowl-
edge characteristic of the age, and his Latin
verses prove him a consummate poet.
Giraldi, Giovanni Battista. An Italian
dramatist, novelist, and poet; born in Ferrara,
November 1504; died there, Dec. 30, 1573. In
early life he was so brilliant in literature, med-
icine, and philosophy that he became Secre-
tary of State under two successive dukes of
Este; but a contest raised by an impostor who
claimed the authorship of one of his works
brought him into disfavor, and he lost his of-
fice (1560). Becoming a distinguished profes-
sor of literature, he ended as rhetorician at the
Academy of Pavia, where he was admitted
about 1570 under the name of Cinthio, Cintio,
or Cinzio, signing his works thus variously
from this date. Of his plays the best known
is "Orbecche, perhaps the most powerful tra-
gedy written since the classical period and till
Shakespeare. Shakespeare and Beaumont and
Fletcher, in fact, appear to have helped them.
selves to his productions to some extent in the
construction of their own.
Girardin, Émile de (zhē-rär-dan'). A French
journalistic agitator and political and economic
writer, illegitimate son of Count Alexander de
Girardin and Madame Dupuy ; born in Paris
(not in Switzerland), June 22, 1806 (or 1803? );
died there, April 27, 1881. His early years were
passed in poverty and neglect, but he contrived
to educate himself sufficiently to write at 19 a
sentimental novel, “Emile,' which met with pop-
ular favor. It was as a journalist that he first
made himself known among the French, he
being indeed the originator of the cheap popu-
lar press of Paris with its enormous circulations.
His first wife was Sophie Gay. He accumu.
lated a fortune, and led an anti-Prussian agi-
tation in the war of 1870. Political Studies,
(The Abolition of Authority through the Sim-
plification of Government,' and (The Periodical
Press in the Nineteenth Century,' are among
his more solid writings. He was the author of
a few clever comedies.
Girardin, Marie Alfred Jules de. A French
admired by Napoleon, who gave him an im-
portant theatrical post; but on Napoleon's
overthrow he entered mercantile life.
As a
playwright he makes Molière his model. (The
Embarrassed Governor, (The Prophesying
Fanatic,' and 'The Discontented Capricious
One,' are good examples of his talent as a
contriver of ludicrous situations, helped out by
witty dialogue.
Girndt, Otto (gērnt). A German dramatist,
humorist, and writer of fiction; born in Lands-
berg on the Warthe, Feb. 6, 1835. His profes-
sion was law; but the vogue of his comedy
(Y 1,' acted when he was 30, turned him toward
the stage, in which he has won great popular-
ity. Cæsar Borgia) and (Charlotte Corday,'
dramas, "Oriental Entanglements, a comedy
that won a prize, and Dankelman,' a tragedy,
merit special mention. His stories are grace-
ful and replete with incident, though they do
not rank high; the best of them, “The Rescue
of the King) and Jolly Company, are fair
specimens of a lively style.
Gisecke, Nikolaus Dietrich (ge'zek-ė). A
German poet; born in Csó, Hungary, of Ger-
man parents, April 2, 1724; died at Sonders.
hausen, Feb. 23, 1765. He settled early in
Hamburg, where he formed one of a little lit.
erary circle. He was a clergyman, and his ser-
mons contain elegant diction ; but his literary
position is due wholly to a volume of poems,
simple and unaffected in style, and voicing a
mild melancholy,
Giseke, Robert. A German dramatist, nov-
elist, and poet, great-grandson of Nikolaus;
born in Marienwerder, Jan. 15, 1827; died at
Leubus, Dec. 12, 1890. Early an accomplished
theologian and an authority on philosophy and
history, his prospects were destroyed by his
political utterances in 1848, and he was driven
to journalism for a livelihood.
After some
years he began to write novels, of which the
best is perhaps (Otto Ludwig Brook. But his
original and striking plays gave him his great-
est renown; notably (The Two Cagliostros,'
(Lucifer, or the Demagogues,' (The Elector
Maurice of Saxony,' and (A Burgomaster of
Berlin. '
Gissing, George. An English novelist ; born
in Wakefield, 1857. He has made a remarka.
ble study of the London masses, from the ranks
of skilled labor to the most noisome human
refuse of the slums, the result being half re-
pulsive and wholly powerful; particularly in
(The Nether World, New Grub Street,'
(Demos,' and 'Sleeping Fires. )
Giusti, Giuseppe (jös'tē).
An Italian poet
and political satirist; born in Monsummano,
May 1809; died in Florence, March 31, 1850.
His maiden masterpiece was the "Dies Iræ,
on the death of the Emperor Francis I. , - a
poem in which a mockery of woe blends tell-
ingly with sarcasm. He worked this vein the
next ten years, as (The Boot, (The Crowned,'
and (The Investiture of a Knight demonstrate.
lil , . . . 4. a
died at Paris, Oct. 26, 1888. He was attached to
the Lyceum of Versailles, and at Loches; con-
tributed stories to the European Review, the
Revue des Deux Mondes, Paris Illustré, and
other French periodicals. Among his works
are: Brave Men) (1874), crowned by the
Academy; Uncle Placide) (1878); (The Cap-
tain's Niece'; (Grandfather) (1880), crowned
by the Academy; (The Gaudry Family) (1884);
(The Second Violin) (1887); and translations.
Giraud, Count Giovanni (zhe-ro'). An Ital-
ian comedy-writer; born in Rome, Oct. 28, 1776;
died in Naples, Oct. 1, 1834. He was bred to the
profession of arms, but relieved the monotony
of the camp by writing comedies. They were
produced with immense success in Venice, and
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These and the satires written from 1847 to 1849,
as well as (The Papacy of Little Peter,' evince
genius. *
Gjellerup, Karl Adolf (gyāl'ér-öp). A Danish
novelist, dramatist, poet, and critic; born in
Roholte, Seeland, July 2, 1857. He prepared
for the ministry; but published a novel, (An
Idealist, under the pseudonym “Epigonos,
at 21. Rödtjörn, a book of poems, appeared
a few years later; followed by the novels
(Romulus, (The Pupil of the Germans,' and
several others. Brynhild' and (Saint Just
are tragedies ; (The Book of my Love) is an
assortment of erotic poems. As a critic his
work is discriminating and accurate ; but all
his productions show the influence of foreign
literatures.
Gjorgjic, Ignaz (jôr'jich). A Dalmatian poet
and scholar; born in Ragusa, Feb. 13, 1676;
died there, Jan. 21, 1737. He was abbot of the
Benedictine monastery on the island of Meleda,
but was exiled for his part in a political dis-
pute. The Pope interceded for him and had
him restored to his cloisters. Of his poems,
(The Sighs of the Penitent Magdalen) is the
most deserving of mention. Marunko i Pav-
ica) is the humorous story of two Venetian
youths, and (The Slav Psalter) is a hymnal.
Gladden, Washington. An American clergy.
man and author; born at Pittsgrove, Pa. , Feb.
11, 1836. He has held pastorates in Congrega.
tional churches in New York, Massachusetts,
and Ohio, and served on the editorial staff
of the Independent and Sunday Afternoon.
Among his numerous works are :Plain Thoughts
on the Art of Living) (1868); (From the Hub
to the Hudson (1869); (The Young Men and
the Church) (1885); (Cosmopolis City Club. '
Gladstone, William Ewart. A great Eng-
lish statesman and writer on theological and
philological subjects, essayist, and translator
from the classics; born in Liverpool, Dec. 29,
1809. His place in literature has been made
enduring by Juventus Mundi, (Studies in
Homer and the Homeric Age, and a large
number of essays, rich in thought and clear
and weighty in style. His works include:
(Church and State); (Homeric Synchronism);
'Gleanings of Past Years); a version of
Horace ; etc.
Glaisher, James. An English astronomer;
born in London, England, April 7, 1809. From
1836 until his retirement in 1874 he was con-
nected with the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
He is the author of more than a hundred books
and papers relating to astronomy, meteorology,
and the theory of numbers. Between 1863 and
1866 he made twenty-nine balloon ascents for
scientific purposes, in one of which he attained
the greatest height till then reached (seven
miles). The results of his observations are
published in the popular (Travels in the Air)
(1870). He translated and edited (The Atmo-
sphere) by Flammarion, and (The World of
Comets) by Guillemin.
Glapthorne, Henry. An English dramatist
who is krown to have fourished about 1639.
He wrote many plays, five of which have been
printed : Albertus Wallenstein); (The Hol-
lander); (Argalus and Parthenia); (Wit in a
Constable); 'The Lady's Privilege); etc.
Glascock, William Nugent. A Scottish au-
thor; born 1787; died Oct. 8, 1847, at Baltin-
glass. He was captain in the navy; entering
service January 1800, and retiring in 1847. His
literary works include: The Naval Sketch
Book) (2 vols. , 1826); (Sailors and Saints; or,
Matrimonial Manoeuvres) (3 vols. , 1829); "Tales
of a Tar: With Characteristic Anecdotes)
(1836 ); "Land Sharks and Sea Gulls) (3 vols. ,
1838); Naval Service; or, Officers' Manual) (2
vols. , 1836), which has had a great sale and
been translated for all the Continental services.
Glaser, Adolf (glā'zėr). A German novel-
ist, poet, dramatist, and translator; born in
Wiesbaden, Dec. 15, 1829. He won success in
journalism; and published poems under the
pseudonym “Reinald Reimar, as well as two
or three plays. His first novel, written in 1857,
was “The Schaller Family, followed by many
popular works of fiction. (What Is Truth? )
(A Magdalen without a Halo, (Savonarola,
(Cordula,' are absorbing tales, in which im.
agination, humor, and ingenuity of plot are
predominating qualities. "Galileo Galilei, a
tragedy, and a series of translations from Dutch
authors, must be included.
Glassbrenner, Adolf (gläs'brān-er). A Ger-
man humorist; born in Berlin, March 27, 1810;
died there, Sept. 25, 1876. He was editing the
satiric paper Don Quixote when it was sup-
pressed in 1833, and then turned to comic
sketch-writing (Berlin as it Is and — Drinks,'
with Lively Berlin,' published under the pseu-
donym "Adolf Brennglas," quickly brought him
into popularity, which Life and Conduct in
the Exclusive World) and Berlin Folk Life)
increased; while (The New Reineke Füchs)
and (Forbidden Songs) displayed his versatil-
ity. He produced stories for children, and
comedies of exquisite drollery. He was a leader
in the popular agitation of 1848.
Glazier, Willard. An American author;
born in Fowler, N. Y. , Aug. 22, 1841. His
works include: 'Capture, Prison Pen, and Es-
cape) (1865), which was very popular; (Three
Years in the Federal Cavalry) (1870); (Battles
for the Union); Heroes of Three Wars);
(Peculiarities of American Cities); and Down
the Great River. '
Gleig, George Robert. A British historian
and miscellaneous prose-writer; born in Stir-
ling, Scotland, April 20, 1796 ; died near Winch-
field, England, July 9, 1888. He was a soldier
under Wellington in Spain, and commanded a
regiment in the American war of 1812, being
wounded during the sack of Washington. He
wrote “The Subaltern) (1825), an admirable
account of a soldier's life in war, used by Par-
ton in his life of Jackson; Campaigns of the
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;
British Army at Washington and New Orleans)
(new ed. 1861); 'Lives of Eminent British Com-
manders) (1831); and many others.
Gleim, Johann Wilhelm Ludwig (glim). A
German poet and patron of literature; born
in Ermsleben, Halberstadt, April 2, 1719; died
Feb. 18, 1803. He attained an immense pres-
tige and popularity among his countrymen as
a sort of Mæcenas. His passion for letters in-
duced him to resign profitable government posts
while still young. (An Essay in Sportive
Rhyme,' an early work, shows French influence.
The Seven Years' War afforded him themes
for his best work: (Songs of a Prussian Grena-
dier) are patriotic outbursts. (Petrarcan Songs,'
Horatian Odes,' (Songs in Imitation of Anac-
reon, and Epigrammatic Verse,' are pleas-
ing, but less interesting. His fables and tales
became extremely popular.
Glen, William. A Scottish song-writer;
born in Glasgow, Nov. 14, 1789; died there,
December 1826. He was trained to mercan-
tile business, but preferred conviviality and
the Muse. His fame rests upon his Poems,
Chiefly Lyrical) (1815): “Wae's me for Prince
Charlie," a Jacobite song, is widely known.
Glinka, Avdotia Pavlovna (glink'kä): A
Russian writer of stories and devotional works,
wife of Fedor; born in Koutousof in 1795;
died in 1863. She translated Schiller's (Song
of the Bell,' and wrote many popular books
of devotion.
Glinka, Fedor Nicolaievich. A Russian poet,
historian, and essayist; born in Smolensk in
1788; died at Tver, March 6, 1880. He dis-
tinguished himself in the campaign of Auster-
litz at 18, but upon falling into disfavor at
court gave up an army career for literature.
"Letters of a Russian Officer on the Cam-
paigns of 1805-6 and 1812-15, Presents to
Russian Soldiers,' and (The Liberation of Lit-
tle Russia, are the best known of his books.
He also translated the Psalms and the Book
of Job into verse.
Glinka, Gregory Andréevich. A Russian
historian, dramatist, and poet, cousin of Fedor
N. ; born near Smolensk in 1774; died at Mos-
cow in 1818. He was in boyhood a page at
the imperial court. He entered upon a distin-
guished career as an educator, and accompanied
Alexander I. 's brothers on their Continental
tour in 1811. His works include : (The Ancient
Religion of the Slavs); “Miscellanies in Prose
and Verse); and a play, (The Daughters of
Love.
Glinka, Sergius Nicolaievich. A Russian
poet and writer of juvenile literature; brother
of Fedor; born in Smolensk in 1774 or 1771;
died at Moscow in 1847. He entered the mili-
tary service and rose to the rank of major,
when he retired. His literary work was de-
voted mainly to the young and their training.
Readings for Children,' (History of Russia
for the Use of Boys and Girls,' and similar
books, are highly esteemed. He also com-
posed a few plays in verse, edited the Rus-
sian Messenger, and translated Young's Night
Thoughts.
Glover, Richard. An English epic poet and
dramatist; born in London, 1712; died there,
Nov. 25, 1785. He abandoned trade for poetry,
and made himself famous with Leonidas)
(1737), a heroic poem, fiery but rather exag-
gerated in rhetoric. (The Athenaid) (1787) is
a continuation of it. (London) (1739), a poem
of commerce, and Boadicea' (1735), a tragedy,
are among his works.
Glümer, Claire von (glüm'er). A German
novelist and translator; born in Blankenburg-
am-Harz, Oct. 18, 1825. Her youth was spent
in France, but she has lived in Germany since
1848. She first attracted attention by the great
merit of her translations from English and
French authors,-Swift, Daudet, George Sand,
and others. A volume of "Sketches of the Pyr-
enees,' and studies in fiction,--Frau Domina)
and (Young Hearts) among them,- prove her
a capable writer and an attentive observer of
life.
Glum Eyjolfsson (glöm i''yolf'son). An Ice-
landic bard; born about 940; died about 1003.
His youth was spent in Norway. He is spe-
cially famed for the brave fight he waged in
the southwestern part of his native island, the
particulars of which he recounted in a poem or
saga, orally transmitted to posterity until it was
put in writing in the thirteenth century. Shortly
before his death he became a Christian. His
legend is variously known as the "Viga-Glums-
saga, the "Glumssaga,' etc.
Gnedich, Nicolai Ivanovich (gnā'dich). A
Russian poet; born in Pultowa, Feb. 2, 1784;
died in St. Petersburg, Feb. 15, 1833. He stud-
ied classical philology, and made himself the
most accomplished Russian scholar of his day.
A translation of Schiller's (Conspiracy of
Fiesco) was an early effort; but his master-
piece is the translation of the Iliad into Rus-
sian (1829), not unworthy of the original, at
which he worked for twenty years. A trans-
lation of Shakespeare's King Lear,' of Vol.
taire's (Tancrede,' and of notable modern Greek
poems, occupied his later years.
His own
poem, (The Fishers,' is much admired.
Gneist, Rudolph (nist). A German jurist,
politician, and historical writer; born in Berlin,
Aug. 13, 1816. He is a National Liberal, and
has been in the Prussian Parliament since 1858.
William I. made him instructor in political
science to Prince William (now William II. ).
Among his numerous works are: Nobility
and Knighthood in England (1853); (The
English Constitutional and Administrative Law
of the Present Day) (1857-63); (Self-Govern-
ment in England (1863); "History of the Eng.
lish Parliament) (1886); (The Imperial Law
against the Machinations of the Socialists.
Gobineau, Joseph Arthur, Comte de. A
French diplomatist, ethnologist, and romance-
writer; born at Bordeaux in 1816; died at Paris,
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(
October 1882. During a long diplomatic career
he held important positions at Athens, Copen-
hagen, and Rio Janeiro; was a member of the
embassy to Persia, 1855; Imperial Commis-
sary to the United, States 1861. During his
long stay in the East he studied Oriental
religions, and brought out his famous work
(Religions and Philosophies in Central Asia)
(1865), a vivid and unprejudiced treatise.
Among his other notable publications are :
(On the Inequality of Human Races) (1853–
55), which has been the point of departure
for a new ethnological school; Ilistory of
the Persians) (1869). In fiction he has pro-
duced : (Typhaine Abbey) (1867), a romance;
(Souvenirs of Travels) (1872), stories; 'Asiatic
Tales) (1876), a masterpiece of pure literature
and imaginative realization of character-trans-
lated into English as (Romances of the East);
(Amadis,' a poem in three books (unfinished),
published posthumously in 1887.
Göckingk, Leopold Friedrich Günther von
(gėk'ingk). ' A German poet; born in Grön-
ingen, Halberstadt, July 13, 1748; died at
Wartenburg, Silesia, Feb. 18, 1828. His prime
was passed in official employment, and in
1789 he was ennobled. He retired some years
later, and devoted himself seriously to litera-
ture. His principal works are: (Epigrams)
(1772), some of which are admirable; (Songs
of Two Lovers) (1777), greatly admired by his
contemporaries, who read between the lines
the story of the writer's life; three volumes
of Poems) (1779); (Charades and Riddles)
(1817); “Life and Literary Remains of Nicolai)
(1800).
Godefroy, Frédéric (god-frwä'). A French
lexicographer and historian of literature; born
in Paris, Feb. 13, 1826. His life has been given
up to literary studies; the results of which,
the celebrated Comparative Lexicon of the
Language of Corneille and of the Seventeenth
Century in General, and (History of French
Literature from the Sixteenth Century to Our
Own Day,' have given him an international
reputation. His monumental effort, however, is
the voluminous Dictionary of the Old French
Language and of All its Dialects from the
Ninth to the Fifteenth Century. The 8th vol.
published 1895.
Godet, Philippe Ernest (go-dā'). A Swiss
poet and historian of literature; born in Neu-
châtel, April 23, 1850. He was bred to the
law, but abandoned it for journalism. He be-
came instructor in literature in the Academy
at Neuchâtel. As a poet he pleases, without
stirring any profound depths, in such volumes
as (A Handful of Rhymes, (First Poems, and
(Realities. In prose he wrote: (The Literary
History of French Switzerland, his greatest
work, which won the French Academy's Guérin
prize; (Studies and Talks); and a biography
of Pierre Viret.
Godfrey, Thomas. An American poet; born
in Philadelphia, Dec. 4, 1736; died near Wil-
mington, N. C. , Aug. 3, 1763. He wrote in 1759
(The Prince of Parthia, a tragedy, believed
to be the first dramatic work written in this
country. In 1763 he published (The Court of
Fancy: A Poem. His poems were collected
in 1767 by his friend Nathaniel Evans.
Godkin, Edwin Lawrence. An American
journalist and essayist; born in Moyne, Ireland,
Oct. 2, 1831.
